Royals staffer uses CPR to revive girl

From: ESPN MLB

A pediatric nurse said Friday she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game.

Sam Sapenaro, 26, was working her second job as a member of Kauffman Stadium's K-Crew on Thursday night when a nearby fan yelled for help. Sapenaro said she rushed over and found the girl unresponsive and with no pulse.

Sapenaro said she began performing CPR with help from a man who was with the girl. The man also turned out to be a nurse. The girl was resuscitated, but stadium medical personnel had to revive her a second time after her pulse faded again.

"We were on her in the first 15-20 seconds of her going down," she said. "Timing is everything when something like this happens."

A spokeswoman for Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., said she could not provide a name or condition for the girl, citing privacy laws.